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A small US ship got caught on a reef off of Palawan and was finally removed last week.
But now a Chinese "fishing boat" got caught on the reef, meaning they were poaching...or maybe spying.

6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’[a]7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,[b]8 and the two will become one flesh.’[c] So they are no longer two, but one flesh.9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Do we ban the games that may contribute to violent tendencies in our socially-rejected kids? Or
should we start by banning the games played by the socially-powerful kids -- the hazers and
the bullies -- whose aggressive and violent attitudes turn those geeky kids into social outcasts,
and make their lives a living hell every single day?

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Ancient standard has an article on the Cedars of Lebanon

The size and strength of the cedars were what made these trees valued
above any other tree wood in antiquity—it smelled great, grew straight
(perfect for building things with!) and its strength was unmat.ched. If
you think West coast redwoods are tall and strong, they have nothing on
the cedars of Lebanon.
It’s thought by many historians that access to this critical resource
is what helped put the Phoenicians “on the map”, so to speak, of
ancient history. Demand for this particular cedar wood grew very rapidly
once others learned about it, especially from Egypt and Mesopotamia
where—let’s face it—there were very few trees at all.

Yeah. That's why we have an epidemic of violent fat ladies robbing stores to get money to feed their habit.

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The Franklin expedition to find the North West passage resulted in a disaster...some said it was scurvy, others claimed they died from hypervitaminosis A from eating polar bear liver, and still others blamed it on the high lead content of the newfangled canned goods they carried.